Gérard MEUNIER

*Gerard Meunier is Dipl.-Ing. in Electrical Engineering from the National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble (INPG), France, in 1977. He received his PhD from the INPG in 1981. He joined the [CNRS](https://www.alpes.cnrs.fr/fr) in 1982 in the [Grenoble Electrical Engineering Laboratory (G2Elab)](https://g2elab.grenoble-inp.fr/en) where he is presently CNRS Emeritus Senior Researcher in the [“Models, Methods and Methodologies Applied to Electrical Engineering” research team (MAGE group)](https://g2elab.grenoble-inp.fr/en/research/mage). His researches are devoted to numerical modelling of electromagnetic phenomena and simulation tools for the analysis of electromagnetic devices* **Functions** CNRS Senior Researcher since 1991in the power electrical engineering research department of Université Grenoble Alpes Grenoble [(G2Elab)](https://g2elab.grenoble-inp.fr/en) Member of the LIA Maxwell (International franco-brazilain laboratory) from 2009 to 2020 Deputy head of the [EEATS](https://doctorat.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/ecoles-doctorales/ecole-doctorale-electronique-electrotechnique-automatique-traitement-du-signal-668371.kjsp) (Electronique, Electrotechnique, Automatique et Traitement du Signal) doctoral school , Université Grenoble Alpes, from 2015 to 2019 Chair of the Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches EEATS comittee (Université Grenoble Alpes) from 2017 to 2020 Responsible of the Power Electrical Engineering Doctoral Department, Grenoble, from 2001 to 2015 Deputy director of the [G2Elab](https://g2elab.grenoble-inp.fr/en) from 1998 to 2002 Responsible of the "Modelling and CAD" G2Elab research team from 1990 to 1998 **Experience** Author of [281 publications in scientific journals, 7 book chapter,](https://mycore.core-cloud.net/index.php/s/Y4sU24QKYISVx8U) 400 international scientific conferences Scientific coordination of 5 [books](https://sites.google.com/site/cvgmeunier/book-the-finite-element-method-for-electromagnetic-modeling) [Supervision or co-supervision of 75 PhD](https://mycore.core-cloud.net/index.php/s/iETvyBB7T799OSu) (including 4 Grenoble-INP thesis prizes and 1 Université Grenoble Alpes thesis Prize) Participation in [152 Phd committees, 13 HDR committees](https://mycore.core-cloud.net/index.php/s/DLhMpmXD9riexVZ) Chairman of the EMF 2006 conference, Co-chairman of the CEFC 1994 and CEFC 2014 conferences Chairman of the scientific committee of the Numelec 2006, 2008 and 2012 conferences Member of the editorial board of the COMPUMAG and CEFC (IEEE trans-Mag) conferences since 1989 Scientific manager of 33 industrial contracts G2Elab scientific co-manager of two "sauts technologiques", three ANR projects, one FUI project Participation in 4 European projects (Eccoflow, Big Powa, Maccharactec, MaGnifit) Co-author (23%) of the Flux software package, installed on more than 600 sites in France and abroad Expert in the Engineering Sciences department (DSPT8), MEJNR-MRNT from 2003 to 2007 Member of laboratory assessment committees (L2EP, CEGELY, LEEI, Louis Neel, GREAH) Chairman of the AERES committee, IREENA laboratory, Saint Nazaire, 2010 Chairman of the LAMEL committee (L2EP Lille joint laboratory, EDF R&D) in 2012, member in 2016 Expert assessment of the quality of Italian research (VQR Italian Research Assessment) in 2012-2013 OneLab Project Expert, Walloon Region, Liège, Belgium in 2012 Expert evaluation of the "Electric Engineering and Computer Science" entity of the University of Liège in 2015 Scientific advisor at Sup-Elec, Paris between 2001 and 2015 Visiting researcher in foreign laboratories (United States, Brazil, Belgium, Romania, Bulgaria, China) Teacher at ENSE3 (formerly ENSIEG) since 1979 (70 hours per year on average) **Fields of expertise** Models and numerical methods in electromagnetism Three-dimensional finite element formulations in magnetostatics and magnetodynamics Integral volume methods, PEEC method and coupling with the finite element method Modeling of motion, thin or wire regions, infinity Calculation of the forces and forces densities of electromagnetic origin Automatic and self-adapting meshing Homogenization techniques for conductive and magnetic media Hard and soft magnetic material models: hysteresis, magnetic recording Modeling of superconducting devices Modeling of coupled phenomena: magneto-thermal, magneto-mechanical, magnetostriction Software engineering tools **Distinction** CNRS bronze medal in 1991